2023

New-look Roosterettes have their first hit-out

The Cobar Roosterettes and Roosters Youth League teams competed at the Castlereagh League knockout competition on Saturday in Coonamble. It was the first test for the Roosterettes and the Bantam Roosters under the guidance of their new coaches, Kayla Hasson (League Tag) and Paul Sullivan (Youth League). The 2023 Roosterettes […]

190423

Cool CATS decide to drop one leg

With a cool change in the weather (and the recent closure of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool) the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS) have turned their attention from Triathlons to Duathlons. The club held their first Duathlon event of the year on Sunday morning with 11 competitors taking part. […]

190423

A feast of golf over the Easter weekend

Men golfers played competition golf on all four days over the Easter weekend. Peter ‘Ding’ Lawrence was in fine form winning the Par event on Good Friday after coming in with a score of +3. On Easter Saturday Garry Wilkin was a little too good for the rest of the […]

190423

Visitor numbers are climbing again

Cobar’s tourism industry is looking very buoyant again with visitor numbers for the first three months of 2023 outperforming the statistics for the same period last year. Cobar Shire Council’s Tourism Manager Demi Smith reported the latest visitor statistics to a recent Tourism & Advisory Committee meeting. “From January to […]

190423

Roosters take out the knockout

After claiming the 2022 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League First Grade premiership, the Cobar Roosters have added another piece of silverware to put in their trophy cabinet, the 2023 Knockout Shield which they claimed at Dunedoo on Saturday. With all nine of the league’s First Grade teams in this year’s […]

190423

Council closes carpark to campers

Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko made a decision last week to close the council car park (behind the council building) to caravan campers. Temporary fencing was erected in the carpark last Thursday with signs reading ‘No camping on this site. Due to the inappropriate actions of previous caravanners […]

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Wings4Kidz aims to lessen the burden for sick kids

One local family that regularly uses the Wings4Kidz charity to access specialist medical treatment in Sydney, can’t speak highly enough about the service. Local grandmother, Jodie Jones, has had two of her grandchildren use the service. Jodie and daughter Amily flew to Sydney last week with Amily’s four year old […]